Interesting Weather Facts

Here is a list of all the interesting weather facts which you didn’t know. These facts will amaze you, and you will find that there are a lot of fun interesting facts about the weather which you didn’t know until now !

Interesting Weather Facts List :

the naming of hurricanes and tropical storms officially began in 1953!

the wind doesn’t make a sound until it blows against an object!

At any given time, on average there are about 1800 thunderstorms occurring on earth with 100 lightning strikes per second!

For each minute of the day, 1 billion tonnes of rain falls on the earth!

A molecule of water will stay in earth’s atmosphere for an average duration of 10-12 days!

Every second around 100 lightning bolts strike the Earth!

The fastest speed a falling raindrop can hit you is 18 mph!

Highest Temperature Recorded on earth is 134°F (56.7°C) at Greenland Ranch in Death Valley, California,on July 10, 1913!

Lowest Temperature Recorded on earth -128.5°F (-89.2°C) at Vostok, Antarctica on July 21, 1983!

A cubic mile of ordinary fog contains less than a gallon of water!

In 1899, it was so cold that the Mississippi river froze over its entire length!

The air located around a lightning bolt is heated to around 30,000-degree celsius. This is 5 times hotter than the surface of the sun!

The average width of a tornado’s funnel averages about 100 to 200 yards, but it may be as wide as a mile!

Snowflakes falling at 2-4 mph can take up to 1 hour to reach the ground!

The country most affected by tornadoes is the USA which faces on average 1200 tornadoes every year!

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